Enclosed Gardens
The Urn Terrace
Farrand designed the Urn Terrace (at that time known as the Box Terrace) to be "an introduction to the Rose Garden, rather than a garden of importance on its own account," but it was significantly modified by Ruth Havey in the 1950s. In the northern portion, Havey replaced Farrand's simple straight lines of boxwood (still remaining in the southern portion) with curved brick lines filled with ivy. The pebblework at the base of the urn was laid down in 1958 by Vincent De Benedetto as a test pattern for the large mosaic to be placed in the Pebble Garden.
The urn is a copy in stone of an eighteenth-century terracotta urn that Mrs. Bliss purchased in France. The original was removed and placed in the Garden Library when the terracotta proved too soft to withstand Washington's winters.
Further Information
The South Front
- South Side of the House
- South Lawn
- The Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
- East Lawn
- R Street Walk
- The Terrior Column and Enclosure
Enclosed Gardens
- The Orangery
- The Green Garden
- The Star Garden
- The North Vista
- The Swimming Pool and Loggia
- The Pebble Garden
- The Beech Terrace
- The Urn Terrace
- The Rose Garden
- The Fountain Terrace
- The Arbor Terrace
- The Box Walk
- The Ellipse